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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1402281, member: 75105&quot;]<font face="arial">Well after it was all said and done.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="arial">I pulled 170 1909-1939 wheat cents out. Put 10 in a small bag and will be selling them for $1 a bag at the flea market.</font></p><p><font face="arial">There were 230 1940 to 1958 cents that I but in a plastic box.</font></p><p><font face="arial">I pulled about 75 Au&#039;s/Unc&#039;s from the 40s and 50s and put them into clear plastic tubes.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="arial">All in all, there were 489 of them. However the jar was not clear full. What I thought was putty was actually an orange sack a newspaper comes in. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="arial">I paid $20 for the jar. I paid 53 cents for all 17 bags.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="arial">If I sell all 17 bags (and I should). I will make $16.47 (there is no commission at the flea market)</font></p><p><font face="arial"><br /></font></p><p><font face="arial">So that leaves me 319 wheat cents left.</font></p><p><font face="arial"><br /></font></p><p><font face="arial">So $20-16.87= $3.13 is what I will pay for 319 cents if all 17 bags sell.</font></p><p><font face="arial"><br /></font></p><p><font face="arial">So if all goes to plan, I will get 319 cents for under face value! (.009 cents each).</font>:hail:<font face="arial"></font></p><p><font face="arial"><br /></font></p><p><font face="arial"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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